ONS has concluded that registered providers of social housing in England are private, market producers and as such they will be reclassified to the private non-financial corporations (S.11002) sub-sector for the purpose of national accounts and other economic statistics. This classification takes effect from 16 November 2017, the date the regulations came into force. The reclassification has been communicated in a letter, also sent on 16 November 2017.